Aging signs predict coronary risk independently of chronological age

LOS ANGELES—Looking older than your chronological age is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease — at least among white Caucasians — according to a study of over ten thousand Danish people from the general population who were first assessed for visible signs of aging in 1976 and followed up ever since. Professor Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen from Copenhagen University gave Sarah Maxwell the details after presenting her research findings at the 2012 American Heart Association meeting in Los Angeles.